Out of the lab for a breather

I've been collecting a lot during this last year and have spent a lot of time doing preparation. I'll be adding posts on some of the more interesting items. I'll spend a hundred hours preparing something that took two hours to excavate. Maybe that's why so many people collect shark teeth. Minimum cleaning!

Location

Pennintgon County, South Dakota, USA

ID

2889

Member

paleobum

Date Added

7/3/2008

A nice turtle (Stylemys nebrascensis) from the Brule Formation of South Dakota. I propose that the injury to it's back occured while it was being used as a football by some playful titanotheres.